STORM Bronagh will be the second gale force storm to hit the UK in under a week following Storm Ali. The Met Office has released weather warnings across the UK for the weekend and warned of a ‘threat to life’ with possible winds reaching 65mph.

Storm Ali earlier wreaked havoc on the UK and now the Met Office confirmed a second storm, now officially named Bronagh, is barreling towards the UK from the mid-Atlantic.

The Met Office has issued several new yellow weather warnings over fears Storm Bronagh's intensity could uproot trees and cause damage to buildings including blowing roof tiles off houses and posing a "danger to life’".

The intense low-pressure system will develop across parts of Wales and South West England overnight, before spreading towards eastern England.

The new storm follows Storm Ali which has been battering Ireland and parts of the UK, killing two people as it ripped across the country with gale force winds and torrential wet weather.

Storm Bronagh latest: Wind and rain warnings are in place overnight into Friday (Image: Met Office)

The strong winds will be accompanied by sporadic outbreaks of heavy rain.

Met Office Chief Meteorologist Paul Gundersen said: “Although the strongest winds are expected to occur as Storm Bronagh moves offshore into the North Sea, there is a low likelihood of damaging winds in places through this evening and overnight with possible could impacts to people travelling in England and Wales.

“However, the strongest winds are most likely along the north east coast of England in the early hours of the morning."

Highways England’s Head of Road Safety, Richard Leonard, said: “We’re encouraging drivers to check the latest weather and travel conditions before setting off on journeys.

“If you do intend to travel, then plan your journey and take extra care, allowing more time for your journey.

“In high winds, there’s a particular risk to lorries, caravans and motorbikes so we’d advise drivers of these vehicles to slow down.

“Drivers of other vehicles should be aware of sudden gusts of wind which can affect handling and braking, and give high-sided vehicles, caravans, and motorbikes plenty of space.”

On Wednesday, while a danger warning was placed on the UK as Storm Ali made impact with wind speeds clocking 80mph, evidence of another brace of storms barreling across the ocean were highlighted by meteorologists.

Experts discovered the locations of a further two depressions in the ocean, with one of the gale force storms to be named Bronagh as meteorologists research the impact of the weather system.

When asked about the current week of windy weather in the UK and if it was unusual for the UK to experience the threat of three storms, Met Office spokesman Richard Miles told Express.co.uk: "It isn’t that unusual for September - autumnal weather for low pressure systems coming from the Atlantic is quite normal at this time of year.

"Tomorrow there is a rain warning for Wales and the north-West of England, because of the persistent nature of the storm.Rain will accompany the wind that is affect the rest of the country.”

And a third storm could hit the UK over the weekend, made up by a system of strong tail winds gusting across the ocean from the remnants of Hurricane Florence, which has been ripping up the US east Coast.

US weather tracking site Weathernerds created a spaghetti graph that showed gale force winds of between 20-30kph blowing back across the Atlantic towards the north of the UK, following its devastating trail across the eastern seabed of the US as it made landfall in North Carolina.